M759K TIL Night shift isn’t just less sleep; it works by disrupting hormones due to circadian misalignment. It’s biological jet lag. Every. Single. Day.
j6YDE TIL that "uwu" is fucking older than a lot of ppl on earth
0dLjv TIL, During pregnancy, cells from the fetus cross the placenta and enter the mother’s bloodstream. These "foreign" cells can stay in the mother's heart, brain, and liver for decades, and research suggests they may actually help repair damaged maternal tissue.
grNp9 TIL that Betelgeuse, a red supergiant 600 light-years from Earth, will explode within the next 100,000 years, producing a supernova visible during the day.
LQKnp TIL February 17th, 2026 will be the start of Ramadan, Mardi Gras, Lunar New Year, and a Solar Eclipse called "Ring of Fire" impacting billions of people around the world.
b6V5p TIL that Kurt Cobain and Tony Hawk are the grandfathers of the same child. Kurt's daughter Frances and Tony's son Riley welcomed their son, Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk, on 9/17/2024
QNp6L TIL The group of assassins that entered the chambers of Byzantine Nicephoros Phocas intenting to kill him, initialy panicked because they didn't see him in his bed as they expected. The emperor, a known ascetic, prefered to sleep on the floor next to his royal bed, surrounded by his religious icons
AN8jl TIL about ghost marriages in China where both bride and groom are deceased.
yVm68 TIL that people with schizophrenia in the US hear harsh, violent, and accusatory voices (commands to harm, graphic threats). But in India and Ghana the voices are often kind, advisory, or spiritually positive. Highlighting how culture influences how voices manifests.
m17Av TIL Darryl Boyd was framed at 16 for a 1976 murder, prosecutors hid 19+ pieces of evidence proving his innocence. He lost 28 years in prison, exonerated in 2021, but died of cancer in 2025 before his estate won a record $80 million (largest US wrongful conviction verdict ever) against Erie County.
DQrjY TIL A tectonic weapon is a device or system capable of triggering earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or other seismic events in specified locations by interfering with the Earth's natural geological processes.
vPJWK TIL Thomas Edison is credited with popularizing the word "hullo" after shouting the word "halloo " into his strip phonograph when he discovered recorded sound in 1877.